Stylus guide for psychic games



F. C. JENNESS STYLUS GUIDE FOR PSYCHIC GAMES Apr. 24, 1923. `l,452,741

Filed May 11. 1921 Patented Apr. 24,192&

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FRANK c. JENNESS, 'or LOsANGELES; CA IFORNA; ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF ro H. GROVE, or Los ANGELES. CALIFORNIA. v

STYLUS GUIDE ron PSYCHIC GAMES.

I I Application filed May 1-1,

TO all 'whom itma cmwerw:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. JE NEss, a citizenofthe United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the County ofLos Angeles and State of California, haveinvented new and useful'Inprovementslin Stylus Guides for Psychic' Games, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention is a planchette,` or the like, having a yieldable support for a stylus which is designed to trace a picture, or the like, when the planchette is moved in usual manner, by the playersplacing the tips of their fingers upon the same. e

The improved support for 'the stylus is prefera blya pivot member having spring v means for yieldably urging the stylus into operative position, and also'. arranged for ready removal and replacement of the stylus member which may be a usual lead pencil.

The' pivotal support is also adapted to be.

readily swung against the tension of its spring means so as to move the stylus into inoperative position when it is desire'd to move the planchette to a new position upon a tracing surface, and the planchette is preferably provided with retaining means adapted to engage the stylus support so as to maintain v the stylus in inoperative position if so desired. e The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the aecomp-any'ing drawings, in which:

Figur-e 1 is a perspective view showing the improved device in use. u

Fig, 2 is a plan View of the same. i I Fig; 3 isa longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. v v U Fig. 4: is a rear end elevation' of' the apparatus. y i i The base of the planchette may bea usual thin board 1 which, in thepresent instance', is preferably formed in the shape'of a hand, and said board is carried upon feet 2 which are preferably covered with a cloth 3 or the v like in order that ,the planchette will readily move over a supporting surface.

The improved stylus support comprises a bar L pivoted intermediate of its ends and at its under side to a transverse rod 5 carried by a bracket &upon the upper surface of 1921. Serial No. 4es,48o.

ELIAS 'board li and p 'eferab'ly jacent the for- `ing endofthe bar downwardly ,and along 1 the length of one of fingers 7. The rear end of the baris preferably provided witha pora tion 10 adapted to be engaged by the finger. so that when the players rest the tips of their fingersupon'base 1, one of theplayers may convenently Shift his finger to the portion ;LO of bar i in order to wing the latter upon ts pivot, and thereby'elevate the forward end of the bar from its normal-operative po-- 'SltlOn restng upon one of the fingers' 7.

hen the bar 's thus moved to inoperative position, itmay be hooked beneath a retaining member' ll projecting from the base 1, and the bar' will thus be held in inoperative position.

The forward end of bar 4: provides a support forastylus,'and for this purpose an' opening 13 is formed through the bar preferably at an inclination, so that a stylus shown as a lead pencil 14, when received through said opening, will have 'the end thereof projecting beyond the base of the planchette and into` position for e'ngaging` the surface upon which the planchette rests.

The stylus isthereby' arranged to trace a p V design when the planchette is moved in usual y manner. v

In order toaproperly position the stylus,

e the end of finger 7 upon which the supporting bar rests is preferably recessed as shown at 15 in order to form a guide for the stylus,

and in "practice the lead pencil forming the *stylus is preferably detachably'held in opening .13 as by a set screw 16 in order that the lead pencils employed may be interchanged.

Theconstruction as thus set forth provides an interesting psychic game in which the planchette is pro videdwith a stylus support arranged so that the stylus will yieldably engage a tracing surface, and also so constructed as to' permt of readly movng the stylus to`noperat1ve position by swngng ranged to yeldably urge the Stylus into operative position.

Various changes may be made Without dee partin'g from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1.- A planchette having a support pivoted thereon, a Stylus carriedhy one end of said support, and spring means' at the other end of said support for yieldably nrging said Stylus into operative position. y 2. In combinaton, a planchette a Stylus movably sustained on the planchette to occupy active and inactive positions, and means for urgng the Stylus to the active position. 3. In combnation, a planchette, a Stylus holder movably sustained on the planchette to occupy tWO extreme positions, a Stylus renova'bly assooiated With the holder, and means for urging the holder to one extreme position Wherein said Stylus is rendered inactive.

t. -In combinaton, a planchette adapted for movement over a surface, a Stylus mov- `ably sustained on the planehette to occupy markmg and non-markng postons, means 'for urging the Stylus to marking position, and means 'for securing the styhis in nonmarking position.

In testimony Whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANK o JENNESS. 

